Autumn

Preparing for the winter is always a troublesome task, and many housewives are looking for ways to make the task easier. This does not mean that housewives are lazy. Just smart optimization is good even in the kitchen. Therefore, I want to present several simple methods that will undoubtedly make it easier for many to prepare delicious vegetable lecho for the winter.

The classic lecho recipe involves using a large number of peppers and tomatoes. But, if there is no excess of these vegetables, then you can supplement the preparation with carrots and onions. Carrots will add additional sweetness to the preparation, and onions will add a piquant taste.

Many people remember the taste of products from the past, from the so-called “Like Before” series. It seems to such people that then everything was better, more aromatic, more beautiful and tastier. They claim that even store-bought winter canned salads had a natural taste, and the delicious lecho of the Hungarian company Globus deserved special love from gourmets.

This spicy lecho made from bell pepper, hot pepper and garlic is eaten in winter as a salad and, most often, cold.This winter salad of pepper and tomato goes well with any main course or just with bread. The hot pepper lecho recipe is convenient because its spiciness can be adjusted depending on your preferences.

Natural tomato juice is the basis of the classic lecho recipe. For many housewives, in the modern rhythm of life, the procedure for processing fresh tomatoes into juice and further boiling them is too time-consuming. Therefore, savvy chefs have learned to use ready-made canned or packaged tomato juices, as well as tomato paste and ketchup for cooking lecho in tomato. Read more about all the tricks of preparing a winter salad from various vegetables in tomato sauce in our article.

You can diversify your winter preparations with vegetable salads. Even the well-known and beloved lecho can be prepared in different ways. Lecho with cauliflower is a rather unusual dish, but it is hearty and can be served as a side dish or as a salad.

In the classic version, preparing lecho from peppers and tomatoes does not require large financial costs and many hours of fussing in the kitchen. In fact, there are only two ingredients here: tomatoes and bell peppers, and everything else is auxiliary products that are in the kitchen all year round, regardless of the season.

Autumn always comes unexpectedly, and sometimes there are too many unripe tomatoes left on the bushes. At such a time, you begin to frantically search for how to preserve the harvest and look for recipes. One of these life-saving recipes is the recipe for lecho made from green tomatoes. And I must say that only for the first time this was a forced preparation. Anyone who has ever tried green tomato lecho will definitely add this recipe to their list of favorites.

Many culinary masterpieces have long gone beyond the framework of traditional national cuisine. In any case, Bulgarian lecho earned great love from our housewives, and each of them contributed to the recipe. Eggplant lecho is an excellent confirmation of this. This is one of the main preparations for the winter, and it is rare that a housewife does not prepare lecho with the addition of “blue ones”.

It would seem that all the ways to prepare cucumbers for the winter are already known, but there is one recipe that turns such simple pickled cucumbers into an exclusive delicacy. These are pickled cucumbers in jelly. The recipe itself is simple, but the result is amazing. The cucumbers turn out incredibly crispy; the marinade itself, in the form of jelly, is eaten almost faster than the cucumbers themselves. Read the recipe and prepare the jars.

In Hungary, lecho is traditionally eaten hot, as an independent dish, or as a side dish for meat dishes.In our country, lecho is something like a spicy salad. There are many recipes for “Hungarian lecho”, and yet they have something in common. All versions of Hungarian lecho are prepared from different varieties of pepper. This adds not only bright color to the dish, but also rich flavor.

Scandinavian legend says that the first woman was created from a rowan tree. These healthy berries are shrouded in many legends, which will take more than one day to read. It is enough for us to know that rowan is useful for colds, respiratory diseases, as a prevention of cancer and much more.

Fresh lingonberries are practically inedible. No, you can eat them, but they are so sour that it won’t bring much joy. And if you have an ulcer or gastritis, then such a tasting may end badly. But when processed, lingonberries lose excess acidity, leaving a pleasant sourness and forest aroma of fresh berries. What’s especially good is that lingonberries are not afraid of heat treatment. You can make wonderful preparations from it and delight yourself with a variety of desserts in winter.

Natural grape juice contains such an amount of useful substances and elements that can be compared with real medicines. Therefore, you can’t drink a lot of juice, but you can make grape juice from the juice.

It is difficult to predict in advance what flavor a lightly salted watermelon will taste like. The pink flesh may taste virtually no different from a fresh watermelon, and when you reach the white rind, you suddenly feel the taste of a lightly salted cucumber. And I know only one thing for sure - anyone who has ever tried lightly salted watermelon will never forget this taste.

Apple juice can be prepared from any variety of apples, but for winter preparations, it is better to take late-ripening varieties. Although they are denser and there will be more pulp, they also contain more vitamins. The only task is to preserve all these vitamins and not lose them during the cooking process.

Carrot juice is rightfully considered a vitamin bomb and one of the healthiest vegetable juices. In winter, when the body's vitamin reserves are depleted, hair becomes dull, and nails become brittle, carrot juice will save the situation. Freshly squeezed carrot juice is considered the healthiest, but alas, sometimes you have to sacrifice a small part of the vitamins in order to maintain your body all year round and preserve carrot juice for the winter.

Lightly salted cabbage is a dish that you won’t be ashamed to put on the table, and if you eat it all, you won’t feel sorry. Lightly salted cabbage is used for stewing and preparing first courses.It is rich in vitamins, and simply, properly salted cabbage is incredibly tasty.

For dietary nutrition, a pear is more suitable than an apple. After all, if apples stimulate the appetite, then after eating a pear this does not happen. In addition, a pear tastes sweeter than an apple, and at the same time, it contains much less sugar. All this leads to the fact that the pear and its juice are perfect for baby food, for those who are on a diet or have diabetes.

In the old days, the only way to preserve tomatoes for the winter was pickling. Pickling was invented much later, but this did not stop tomatoes from being pickled in different ways to get tomatoes with different tastes. We will use old recipes, but taking into account the modern rhythm of life, when every minute is valued.